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I think we should all take a moment to congratulate Caleb Williams for setting the all-time Bears passing yardage record in 2026 with 3,942 yards.
Did he manage to get to 4,000 yards?
Well, no, what did I just say?
Did he require an extra game to take down previous record holder Erik Kramer, who would have had 4077.88 yards if prorated to 17 games in his epic 1995 season?
Yes, yes, he did.
Did his “Yards per Game” total rank a mere 10th overall in Bears history behind Jay Cutler several times, but also Brian Griese, George Blanda, Brian Hoyer, and Jim McMahon?
Also, uhm, yes.
But it’s still quite an accomplishment, I suppose, if you don’t think about it too hard. And hey, he almost, but not quite, cracked the top three in touchdown passes with 27, just two behind Kramer’s 29, and slightly behind Cutler and Sid Luckman at 28.
And we can probably just ignore the thing about Caleb’s completion percentage being lower than every other top ten quarterback in yardage except for Rex Grossman and Billy Wade (both 54.6% v. Caleb’s 58.1%). And that his ANY/A (6.76) is still behind Kramer’s.
It was such an impressive season, in fact, that if Williams were a Packer, those 3,942 yards would rank all the way up at 19th, behind several Aaron Rodgers and Brett Favre seasons, but also Jordan Love’s 2023, Don Majkowski’s 1989, and Lynn Dickey’s 1983.
Hey, Mitch Trubisky only started 14 games in his pretty good 2018 season? Does that pro-rate to more yards than Caleb over 17 games?
Well, not quite, it gets him to 3,913.6, but pretty close? And he completed a robust 66.6% of his passes, though his 6.72 ANY/A was just a bit behind. But don’t worry, I’m sure Williams’ second season and Trubisky’s second season being so close statistically doesn’t mean anything.
Anyway, let’s give it up to Caleb for putting up a lot of yards in a lot of games while being sort of efficient in doing so for a team where that’s considered great!
